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Well first; before you go and spend money on another sound card; try this: go into the device manager in control panel; and completely uninstall the device. Then reboot and let windows re-detect it and reinstall the drivers for it; then check to see if there are any updates for those drivers and install them. Try this out and see if it helps ya any.

Hey guys i wanted to add that when i cleaned my pc(overheating) then the audio was gone. So after cleaning the heatsink,fans and gpu then i started the pc but it wasnt booting up cuz ram was loose and had to reinstall that. Before that i took off a white fat plug(jumper?) off mobo and i read on the hp site that if u take it off then mobo or some component can mess up. So i guess i kill the audio ... Anyways i am gona buy the soundcard and then rest in peace

So i got my cheap $3 usb soundcard from ebay today and cant believe its working .. Installed in less then 1 minute and working fine. Before youtube was crashing in all browsers due to no sound but now it isnt. Saved 40 dollars over the creative sound that i was going to buy.

Realtek HD audio output gone

How do I change Realtek HD Audio 2nd output?Hi guys,
I'm having a little problem with my onboard audio, having just installed Windows 7. I have an Asus B85M-G motherboard, which includes a "Realtek® ALC887 High Definition Audio CODEC" onboard.
I have installed the latest realtek drivers; R2.79 from the official website.
Now,...

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Realtek ALC889 audio, audio fine on S/PDIF, nothing from rear outputI'm having a strange problem in my HTPC. Audio is coming perfectly fine out from the S/PDIF coaxial output, and it's normally connected only that way to the receiver, but now for other reasons I also need to connect it using a 3.5 mm to a small mixer. So in the sound manager I changed the output to...

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no audio output device - realtek ac '97Hello all I have Win 7 32-bit on my gateway mx6437 and am having the same problem that several people are having here - no sound. I downloaded the latest Realtek AC '97 drivers from the Realtek website. I checked to see if this card was compatible with Win 7 32-bit from the compatability website....

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Realtek Audio: No Audio Output Device is InstalledHello.
Im having the dreadful "No Audio Output Device is Installed" problem on my realtek audio.
It worked some months ago, but im in no position to do a roll back. Im sure the hardware is just fine, it works with Ubuntu.
The computer is a Dell Vostro 430.
My OS is win7 64bit.
I tried...

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Realtek HD Audio optical outputHi!
I have a little problem, with my notebook.
I've installed Win 7, and it's working fine, except that there is an optical jack output on my notebook, but I can't use it, because the I can't see it on the Realtek HD audio manager.
With XP, it worked fine. And when I plug in the optical cable,...